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Cross-hatcher

Andrew Robinson Indian Diary T he idea behind this book filled me with the keenest anticipation. How; would Edward Ardizzone, an artist familiar for his thoroughly English......

When The Herm Turns

Andrew Brown Girls and Boys Sara Stein (Chatto £9.95, £4.95) S ex as a route to self-knowledge was one of the sillier ideas of the Sixties; the generation that was tempted by it......

Damned Spots

Christopher Hawtree Shakespeare: Macbeth, Henry IV Part One John Mahoney and Stewart Martin (Penguin cassettes £5.95 each) p ity the poor book-reviewer. Long used to reading by......